Omega 2 and Arduino dock.

I am beginner and I funded for Omega 2 and dock but by mistake I order Arduino dock under impression that I omega 2 plus is coming with basic dock by default. Now I have only omega 2+ and Arduino. I attached omega 2 on docker and trying to connect wifi but unable to do anything. Not sure if O2+and Arduino make any sense. Do still need omega2 dock?

Only you can answer that, no one else can tell you whether you need one or not. Do you need a dock for your Omega2+? If you have a 3.3.V power-supply then, technically, you don't need one -- I am using my Omega2+ by simply connecting it to a cheap-as-chips adjustable SMPS set at 3.3V, with no docks or anything else -- but a dock would certainly make it easier to use the GPIO-pins and the USB-port, if you're not able to fashion connectors of your own.

@Aditya-Kumar Unless you need the Arduino functionality you don't really need the Arduino dock.
The Arduino dock basically gives you the equivalent of an Arduino Uno to which the Omega is connected and can communicate with
That said, you should still be able to use your Omega in the Arduino dock and get WIFI access - just need to plug the Omega into the Arduino dock and power in to the micro USB connector.
As per separate reply, it is possible to use the Omega without a dock (but you then still need to hook up a reliable regulated 3.3v power supply to it). Life is a lot simpler if you have a dock - the Mini Dock is fine if you don't need any additional connectivity/functionality and can be easily powered off any pretty standard phone charger with a micro USB connector

So I did the same thing, but on purpose. I chose the arduino dock as a way to learn arduino programming and i liked the idea of being able to flash remotely.

That said, I have no other dock, and the documentation is very lite on the arduino dock 2. But I did manage to get my Omega2+ set up and on wifi no problem.

I just docked the omega on the Arduino Dock 2 (AD2) and powered both via micro USB connection on the AD2. wifi connection showed up and went through setup. I recommend creating your cloud account and verifying (via confirmation email) before going though setup if you plan on using the cloud console.

Also, when flashing the update the web interface showed a progress bar and said it all went though ok, but the Omega2 didn't reboot afterwards (LED stayed off) so i simply unplugged and replugged the power and it came up fine, working normally.

Now, I need to figure out if the arduino dock 2 comes ready to use out of the box or if I need to flash the bootloader on it. Doesn't seem to be much info on v2 of the dock.

Anyone know if I can us the Ω2 pin breakouts on the AD2 and follow these instructions to flash the dock?

Now, I need to figure out if the arduino dock 2 comes ready to use out of the box or if I need to flash the bootloader on it. Doesn't seem to be much info on v2 of the dock.

Anyone know if I can us the Ω2 pin breakouts on the AD2 and follow these instructions to flash the dock?

I don't know but I certainly hope so (would be nice if we got up to date Omega 2 and Arduino Dock V2 documentation). I currently have the original Omega and Arduino dock and am awaiting my Omega 2+ and Arduino Dock V2 - on their way, I have tracking info but not here yet. I will be trying it all out when they arrive - let us know how you get on.

I would suspect that the Arduino Dock V2 will need flashing before use - presumably using the same (or similar) process as in the documentation you reference.

The original Arduino Dock did not have a GPIO connector - one of its flaws which at least seems to be (partially) addressed with Arduino Dock V2 - but since mine hasn't arrived yet, I can't really investigate yet.

Hopefully the Omega admins can clarify on the issue with pin 19 - but they have been noticeably very silent recently

@Kit-Bishop You're right, that table on that link you posted pins 19 appear identical on both omega and omega2.
Therefore the discrepancy must be just on the expansion headers that the docks include?

Hopefully you get yours soon since I'm just hitting roadblock after roadblock. I dont have any breadboards that are the correct size for the omega2 so that end up going nowhere unless I buy and wait for the breadboard dock.

So i tried pulling some of those files down and seeing if I saw anything useful, but it's still all pretty new to me so i got no where. Can those pin numbers just be changed to use a different pin on the ArDock2 that isn't a ground pin?

Also quite a longshot, but I though that maybe there was a chance that the onion peeps may have hidden the ability to just flash the bootloader, so I opkg install arduino-dock-2 and tried the flash bootloader script, and pretty much errorred out saying:

@Cesar-Vargas Looking at the code of /usr/bin/arduino-dock in the arduino-dock-2 package it looks like the flash bootloader command is not supported. The code actually tried to open a file called bootloader as your hex file to upload.